NORTHEAST PACIFIC SHARK SYMPOSIUM III

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Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment

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Saturday, March 24, 8:30am–6pm8:30–10:30am: Session 1 | Conservation | Shawn Larson

8:30–8:40am: Shawn Larson Welcome

8:40–8:55am: Dayv Lowry Update on Northeast Pacific Shark Biology, Research and Conservation books, and plans for the future

8:55–9:10am: Jim Wharton Unified conservation messaging for zoos and aquariums 

9:10–9:30am: R. A. Pollom Saving sawfishes from extinction: a five-year strategy focusing on beacons of hope 

9:30–9:50am: Ramírez-Mendoza ZurisadayPredicting the effects of climate change on potential distribution of batoid fishes in the Gulf of California during 2020–2050

9:50–10:10am: David Shiffman A United States shark fin ban would undermine sustainable shark fisheries 

10:10–10:30am: Dovi KacevOrganochlorine contaminants as an ecological tool to explore niche partitioning in three species of pelagic sharks

10:30–11am: break

11am–12:45pm: Session 2 | Genetics | Amy Olsen

11–11:20am: Alexandra MeyerAssessment of mtDNA structure of the shovelnose guitarfish, Pseudobatos productus, from La Jolla, CA to Baja California Sur, MX

11:20–11:40am: Jessica Jang Are you my daddy? Evidence of multiple paternity in the big skate’s (Beringraja binoculata’s) novel reproductive strategy 

11:40am–noon: Karen Crow How the devil ray got its horns: the genetic basis of body plan remodeling in manta rays and their relatives

Noon–12:20pm: Melissa Nehmens Telomere Length as a Metric for Longevity? Preliminary results from Etmopterus granulosus

12:20–12:40pm: Lindsay Davidson Where are the marine areas of evolutionary uniqueness for sharks and rays? 

12:40–12:45pm: Alesa Flores-GuzmánHistorical reconstruction of pacific angel shark, Squatina californica, catches from the northwest Mexico (1960–2015) and their analysis by data-poor assessment methods. 

12:45–2pm: lunch

2–3:40pm: Session 3 | Husbandry and diet | Chris Lowe

2–2:20pm: Sage Butts Update on elasmobranchs at the Oregon Coast Aquarium

2:20–2:40pm: Isis BaroFeeding habits of the swellshark Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880) in Bahía Tortugas, Baja California Sur, México

2:40–3pm: Joe Bizzarro Large batoids frequently consume stingrays despite skeletal damage

3–3:20pm: Felipe Galvan-Magana Prey changes in elasmobranchs by environmental changes in the western coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico 

3:20–3:40pm: Francesca PancaldiBioaccumulation and biomagnification of trace elements in whale shark’s tissue (Rhincodon typus) of the Gulf of California, Mexico

3:40-4pm: break

4–6pm: Session 4 | Demographics and habitat use | Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki

4–4:20pm: Fabian Cervantes-Gutierrez Demography of the banded guitarfish Zapteryx exasperate (Chondrichthyes: Trygonorrhinidae)

4:20–4:40pm: Chris Lowe Juvenile white shark nursery in southern California: research, monitoring, education  

4:40–5pm: Echelle BurnsSmart tags: combining active tracking and biologging to capture the fine-scale, short-term behavior and habitat use of juvenile white sharks 

5–5:20pm: Emily MeeseInvestigating effects of temperature and depth on the fine-scale movement and activity of the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci 

5:20–5:40pm: Amber Reichert Exploring the spatial and habitat associations of U.S. Pacific coast catsharks 

5:40–6pm: Christopher Mull The scaling of area use in sharks and rays 

6pm: adjourn to happy hour at Ivar’s

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Sunday, March 25, 8:30am–1pm8:30–10:30am: Session 5 | Isotopes | Nick Dulvy

8:30–8:50am: Elena TamburinResource-sharing among young white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from an aggregation site in northern Baja California, Mexico  

8:50–9:10am: Elena Tamburin for Colombo Estupiñan-Montaño

Trophic inference in two sympatric sharks, Sphyrna lewini and Carcharhinus falciformis, based on stable isotope analysis at Malpelo Island, Colombia  

9:10–9:30am: Daniela A. Murillo CisnerosIsotopic niche overlap among two sympatric ray species, Pseudobatos productus and Zapteryx exasperata, in the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur

9:30–9:50am: Enmaylin Fernández Aguirre Trophic ecology of the bat ray Myliobatis californica during anomalous years in Northwest Baja California Sur, México

9:50–10:10am: M.R. Simental-Anguiano Trophic ecology of Raja velezi (Chirichigno, 1973) in the southwest of Baja California Sur, Mexico  

10:10–10:30am: Helen Yan Filling the gaps: assessing the status of sawfish populations in data-deficient countries

10:30-10:50am: break

10:50am–1pm: Session 6 | Biometrics/reproduction | Felipe Galván-Magañaa

10:50–11:10am: Jennifer Bigman Comparative gill morphology across 13 shark species

11:10-11:30am: Jacqueline Maythe MoranIndividual growth of the smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena, of the western coast of Baja California sur through a multimodel framework approach

11:30-11:50am: Kady Lyons Embryonic steroidogenesis in an elasmobranch with matrotrophic histotrophy

11:50am–12:10pm: Diego Juaristi VidegarayReproductive biology of the skate Pseudobatos productus (ayres 1856) in Bahia Tortugas and surrounding areas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

12:10-12:30pm: K. Soto-López

Reproductive biology of the brown smooth-hound shark, Mustelus henlei (chondrichthyes: triakidae) based on macroscopic and histological analysis in the northwest of Mexico

12:30-12:40pm: Cindy Wu How Experiment can help your shark research

12:40-12:50pm: Shawn Larson Relative abundance of bluntnose sixgill sharks, Hexanchus griseus, in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington USA, 2008–2015

12:50pm: adjourn